After the astronomical rise in U.S. job growth in February, the same can't be said for March. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 235,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent in the first full month of President Donald Trump's term, the Bureau of...

Several changes in the way Texas doctors practice medicine will take effect on Sept. 1 and some of them directly benefit patients.
The 85th Legislature addressed several medical and healthcare issues over its course, but among those bills signed into law scheduled to take...

"Surprise" out-of-network bills are widely seen as an unfair aspect of today’s health care markets. Patients are unfairly surprised when they are billed by a provider not in their insurer’s network where they...

Martha Carter, president and chief executive officer of FamilyCare Health Centers in Scott Depot, has been appointed to the U.S. Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), an influential panel recognized as the go-to organization for information on Medicaid...

Thirty-two states have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, but Wisconsin isn't one of them.
Now, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is urging Gov. Scott Walker to reconsider his opposition, saying Wisconsin has lost out on $700...

It’s imperative that government spends public funds in the best interest of its citizens. With this in mind, the people of Maine should have many issues with the upcoming ballot initiative to expand Medicaid expansion.
Expanding...

In Florida, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently approved a renewal of a Section 1115 waiver. Under the program, federal funding for Florida's low-income pool will increase from $607 million to $1.5 billion....

While several states have answered the Trump administration’s call to apply for waivers to remake their Medicaid programs, others are seeking them for a different purpose: stabilizing their individual marketplaces.
Earlier...

What should you expect now that the drive to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appears dead — at least for the moment? Given how legislation gets made in Washington, I wouldn’t be surprised to see some elements of the repeal and replace bill surface...

The first thing Kristina Iavarone wants to buy when her son gets Medicaid is an asthma inhaler.
He and his sibling lost their health insurance six months ago due to family finances.
"They've been off health care for six months and six months is long enough," says Iavarone,...

As congressional efforts to change former President Barack Obama’s health law sputter, a push to expand Medicaid in Maine has opponents raising questions about the source of future federal funding.
Maine voters are set to consider...

The Trump administration has a huge question sitting in front of it: Should states be allowed to partially expand their Medicaid programs under Obamacare?
That's what Arkansas has asked to do. It's an issue with huge implications, for both...

State administrators aren't telling the public or legislators why negotiations over hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid spending are dragging on for weeks after the talks were supposed to conclude.
The administrators...

Negotiating Medicaid waivers state by state is a key aspect of the Trump administration's efforts to shore up the markets, according to Jane Norton, director of intergovernmental and external affairs for the U.S. Office of Health and Human Services.
"We are working diligently,"...

Sen. Lindsey Graham is continuing to ramp up his campaign to sell his new health care proposal that would use block grants to hand more money and control to states.
The South Carolina Republican said Tuesday he...